When you wish to criticise someone or talk about criticism, you can use the following words to not only sound smart but also convey what you mean to say much better.

Here is a list of few words:

Meaning : When someone directly offends the integrity of someone else, it is termed as “casting aspersions” Even censuring something, as you saw in the chapter on homophones is a kind of aspersion. The comedian was charged on grounds of casting aspersions against the Godman.

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Meaning: When someone dismisses something as unimportant, they “belittle” it. To remember, think of “to little something”. The delegate diplomatically belittled the country’s military prowess.

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Meaning : When you regard something as having little or no worth, you “disparage” that, or demean that. The urban kids disparaged their rural counterparts, every chance they got.